The Runaway Express
{{short description|1926 film by Edward Sedgwick}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Runaway Express
| image = The Runaway Express (1926) - 1.jpg
| caption = Still with Dougherty and Mehaffey
| director = Edward Sedgwick
| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer = Curtis Benton
| based_on = {{basedon|"The Nerve of Foley"|Frank H. Spearman}}
| starring = {{ubl|Jack Dougherty|Blanche Mehaffey|Tom O'Brien}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = Virgil Miller
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|10|10}}
| runtime = 1 hour
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien.Munden p. 744[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RunawayExpress1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Runaway Express] at silentera.com
Plot
Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.
Cast
- Jack Dougherty as Joseph Foley
- Blanche Mehaffey as Nora Kelly
- Tom O'Brien as Sandy McPherson
- Charles K. French as Jim Reed
- William Steel as Blackie McPherson
- Harry Todd as Dad Hamilton
- Madge Hunt as Mrs. Foley
- Syd Saylor as The Tramp
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0017339}}
{{Edward Sedgwick}}
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Category:English-language action films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent American action films
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